The Beast (‘Beauty and the Beast’)

We might as well start with the original fairy-tale monster, a transformed prince who needs to find love in order to be reverted back to his true human form. But when you look like a biped buffalo, it’s not easy to just venture out of the castle to the local watering hole to meet ladies. Instead he needs to imprison Belle, who fortunately offers

The CW has officially given the pilot order for three new television series, Deadline reports: “Arrow”, “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Carrie Diaries”.

Originally reported last week, the “Arrow” series will adapt DC Comics’ Green Arrow character, dropping the emerald adjective from the title. Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg are writing and executive producing.